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Creativity => Arts & Crafts Corral => Topic started by: Griffin on August 09, 2020, 01:27:35 PM

Title: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - Complete
Post by: Griffin on August 09, 2020, 01:27:35 PM

Welcome to Round 3 of
The Avatar Exchange!

What’s the Avatar Exchange?

Each round you'll get a secret partner (who you will keep secret until you reveal the avatar) and will have three weeks to deliver an avatar based on your partner's form. The artwork itself can be traditionally or digitally made, as long as it is turned into a digital icon ready for your partner to use. The exchange will run for as long as there is interest, and you can sign up for as many rounds as you like. Feel free to jump in at any time!

Previous rounds:
Round 1 (http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,398660.0.html)
Round 2 (http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,399010.0.html)


Guidelines:

• You should deliver two versions of your icon: a 150x150 version for use here at the Arena (under 60k, please) and a larger, un-cropped version. If you do pixel ponies, the second can be waived as a larger version may not exist.
• Original artwork only, please (all art should be made by you, and please do not use current or old adoptable bases unless you modify the lineart significantly to make it unique for your partner).
• Please deliver on time. If you have not delivered on time for the round, your ability to participate in future exchanges will be suspended until you make up your part.
• Artwork should abide by Arena standards of content, of course.
• When your partner posts the avatar, please make sure you download it before using – your partner is not obliged to host the image after it has been delivered.
• Your sign-up post should contain the word apple somewhere in order to signify to me that you've read the rules.
• Do not reveal your partner before you're done! If you have any questions, please message me and I can PM your partner.
• Post your finished avatar to this thread when you are done. You may post the avatar up to three days before the deadline, but no earlier, please.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in this thread!

Dates:

Sign-ups:  now through Wednesday, 19 August, at 5 pm EDT (9 pm UTC)
Partners Sent: between sign-up close and 3 pm EDT (7 pm UTC) the next day
Working: 19 August through Saturday 12 September
Final Posting Deadline: Saturday, 12 Sep by 8 pm EDT (midnight UTC)


Sign-ups go in this thread! Please do not PM them to me. Thanks!

Form:

Code: [Select]

[b]Arena username:[/b]

[b]Link to Gallery (if you have one, DA or elsewhere, or a thread on this forum):[/b]

[b]What are your specialities? (Only pony art, or anthro and/or people as well? Realistic or toony? Digital or traditional? Do you do animated GIFs or pixels? Anything else you can think of?)[/b]

[b]Brief Character Description (Hasbro/OC):[/b]

[b]Character Reference Pic (a nice, clear reference, please! Links only - do not embed!):[/b]

[b]List three to six possible themes for your avatar. These can be motifs, colours, expressions/emotions, hobbies, objects, etc... pretty much anything![/b]

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[b]Anything you don't like?[/b]

[b]Any other info?[/b]


Participants:

1. tailrustedtealeaf
2. Shaiyeh
3. Fizzy Scrumptious
4. Griffin
5. NanoRuby

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on August 09, 2020, 07:39:38 PM

I'm glad the final posting time goes into September! I feel almost guilty wanting it to be autumn now. ^^;
Arena username: Tailrustedtealeaf

Link to Gallery (if you have one, DA or elsewhere, or a thread on this forum): https://www.deviantart.com/ponystrange (https://www.deviantart.com/ponystrange) is the best place

What are your specialities? (Only pony art, or anthro and/or people as well? Realistic or toony? Digital or traditional? Do you do animated GIFs or pixels? Anything else you can think of?)
I really only do pony art. A little bit of anthro, much more toony than realistic. Digitally I prefer to do some sort of painted style or vectoring, traditional I'm dabbling in colored pencils. I may make a gif if the scene calls for it!

Brief Character Description (Hasbro/OC):
My character is a purple earth pony with three toned hair (tan, orange, and yellow). She has a green seahorse as a symbol. Her eyes are also green. Her hair is long and covers part of her face (I usually draw it on the right side but it's not important which side).


Character Reference Pic (a nice, clear reference, please! Links only - do not embed!):
Linky (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/9ff904a4-4662-4029-b007-1d949fc07a18/dcq6t9a-fcf934ef-80b5-4397-bfea-584d28175dfd.png/v1/fill/w_1024,h_680,q_80,strp/shop_talk_reference_by_ponystrange_dcq6t9a-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD02ODAiLCJwYXRoIjoiXC9mXC85ZmY5MDRhNC00NjYyLTQwMjktYjAwNy0xZDk0OWZjMDdhMThcL2RjcTZ0OWEtZmNmOTM0ZWYtODBiNS00Mzk3LWJmZWEtNTg0ZDI4MTc1ZGZkLnBuZyIsIndpZHRoIjoiPD0xMDI0In1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.DFwkhAcbW6tVswNWZZMpOmRaGfHOeEbeYEe9KMnoAKY)

List three to six possible themes for your avatar. These can be motifs, colours, expressions/emotions, hobbies, objects, etc... pretty much anything!

1. Autumn!!!!!!!!!!
2. Forests and mushrooms
3. Black cats
4. Sunny daze!!
5. Tea!
6. Browns, golds, reds, purples.

Anything you don't like?
I'm going to put Funko Pop Figures since Shai said that last time.

Any other info?
Will I update the reference??? Unlikely...but maybe once school starts up again and I have less work days. Would be nice to have some lovely apples to fuel me as I work on it.

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: Shaiyeh on August 11, 2020, 10:25:47 AM

yayyy! I'm in ^^

Arena username: Shaiyeh

Link to Gallery (if you have one, DA or elsewhere, or a thread on this forum):
https://www.deviantart.com/shaiyeh (https://www.deviantart.com/shaiyeh), I havent updated on there in a long time though, more recent pony art on my Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/shaiyehsponyland/) :)

What are your specialities? (Only pony art, or anthro and/or people as well? Realistic or toony? Digital or traditional? Do you do animated GIFs or pixels? Anything else you can think of?)
The only thing out of the above I don't really do is animated GIFs and pixels^^'  All others I can do! :)

Brief Character Description (Hasbro/OC):
Shailatte is a yellow unicorn, with pink to blue gradient hair. She has a nose ring/septum piercing. Her eyes are also pink and baby blue, and her symbol is a takeaway mug and bubbles, also in pink and blue.

Character Reference Pic (a nice, clear reference, please! Links only - do not embed!):
 Shailatte ref pic (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/2d4cd913-62b2-42b1-a776-5aada73b9ad2/dcmltc8-1983815b-c7f9-4d1d-a156-afd568178aff.jpg/v1/fill/w_1023,h_781,q_70,strp/shailatte_ref_by_shaiyeh_dcmltc8-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD03ODIiLCJwYXRoIjoiXC9mXC8yZDRjZDkxMy02MmIyLTQyYjEtYTc3Ni01YWFkYTczYjlhZDJcL2RjbWx0YzgtMTk4MzgxNWItYzdmOS00ZDFkLWExNTYtYWZkNTY4MTc4YWZmLmpwZyIsIndpZHRoIjoiPD0xMDI0In1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.4peZawBfJVs44Da3f3d9tcTfCiE8YgNcOOmk-TEDBqw) :lovey:
The body colour is more of this yellow though. (I really need to update my ref sheet) https://sta.sh/015d5xw4pjv2 (https://sta.sh/015d5xw4pjv2)

List three to six possible themes for your avatar. These can be motifs, colours, expressions/emotions, hobbies, objects, etc... pretty much anything!


1. halloween themes!
2. drinking coffee (how about pumpkin spice?)
3. magical girl theme
4. knitting or spinning (spinning yarn)
5. sparkles/glitter

Anything you don't like?
Funko Popsfunko pop aesthetic.

Any other info?
nothing really to add, other than if you'd rather draw a hasbro pony, Lemon Drop is my fav :lovey:
Oh and also, I found some apples in my kitchen, so I might make some apple crumble tomorrow. mmm.... :3

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: Griffin on August 11, 2020, 12:50:27 PM

Yay!

As always, please read the rules carefully! Thanks :apple:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: Fizzy Scrumptious on August 11, 2020, 04:21:34 PM

I'll hop in again! This was so fun last time! ^^

Arena username: Fizzy Scrumptious

Link to Gallery (if you have one, DA or elsewhere, or a thread on this forum): my art thread! (http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,398836.30.html)

What are your specialities? (Only pony art, or anthro and/or people as well? Realistic or toony? Digital or traditional? Do you do animated GIFs or pixels? Anything else you can think of?) I do a bunch of art but only really post pony stuff here! I enjoy digital or traditional. I will likely do digital for this trade, but we'll see :)

Brief Character Description (Hasbro/OC): OC: a white pegasus with pink-tipped wings and hooves. They have pastel pink and yellow hair, brown eyes, and two yellow stars on their nose. Their symbol is a magical cloud coming out of a pencil.

Character Reference Pic (a nice, clear reference, please! Links only - do not embed!):
OC ref (https://i.imgur.com/H9ICDn7.png) (I actually have a clear ref this time! yay!)

List three to six possible themes for your avatar. These can be motifs, colours, expressions/emotions, hobbies, objects, etc... pretty much anything!

1. hearts
2. cartography
3. art
4. pastel colors
5.
6.

Anything you don't like?
down for anything!

Any other info?
apples!!!

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on August 11, 2020, 07:36:25 PM

Sometimes I close my eyes and just type posts. Whoops!

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: Griffin on August 12, 2020, 12:20:39 AM

Quote from: tailrustedtealeaf on August 11, 2020, 07:36:25 PM

Sometimes I close my eyes and just type posts. Whoops!

:hug:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups open!
Post by: Griffin on August 19, 2020, 09:16:56 AM

Arena username: Griffin

Link to Gallery (if you have one, DA or elsewhere, or a thread on this forum): https://www.deviantart.com/haawan

What are your specialities? (Only pony art, or anthro and/or people as well? Realistic or toony? Digital or traditional? Do you do animated GIFs or pixels? Anything else you can think of?)
I can do ponies, animals and people, toony or semi-realistic. Digital or traditional. I have no experience with pixel art or animated stuff.

Brief Character Description (Hasbro/OC):
Aithne is a dun pony with dark brown legs, a white blaze, brown hair with dark green and yellow stripes. She has gentle chocolate brown eyes that reflect her sweet personality. She likes animals, books and art. Her symbol is a black cat curled around a Celtic triquetra knot.

Character Reference Pic (a nice, clear reference, please! Links only - do not embed!):
http://fav.me/d650k1g

List three to six possible themes for your avatar. These can be motifs, colours, expressions/emotions, hobbies, objects, etc... pretty much anything!

(not in any specific order of preference)
1. Apple pie, pumpkins or other harvest-time treats
2. Autumn colours
3. Blue sky
4. Books/reading
5. Yellow+grey
6. Owls

Anything you don't like? Not a fan of anthro ponies, sorry!

Any other info?
I also love G1 Gusty and Butterscotch if you'd like to draw one of them instead of my persona!  ^.^

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - sign-ups close today!
Post by: NanoRuby on August 19, 2020, 10:04:39 AM

Arena username: NanoRuby

Link to Gallery (if you have one, DA or elsewhere, or a thread on this forum):
Here's my Tumblr (https://nanoruby.tumblr.com/tagged/my-art) though I don't post there much. I suppose my ArtFight (https://artfight.net/~NanoRuby/attacks) account has more of my art on it. Unfortunately you need to sign in to view it. Oh, and here's the Gusty (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b339fd70-125e-4997-945b-02b69d99e545/de36bgl-e7313ff9-43ad-4887-b757-0750eb0c0081.png/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1280,strp/gusty_by_nanoruby_de36bgl-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMjgwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYjMzOWZkNzAtMTI1ZS00OTk3LTk0NWItMDJiNjlkOTllNTQ1XC9kZTM2YmdsLWU3MzEzZmY5LTQzYWQtNDg4Ny1iNzU3LTA3NTBlYjBjMDA4MS5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTkyMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.ESp1_NgmN_txqVb8Lko3kBLMPUxLNugMcEJkaWvKVpk) I drew recently.

What are your specialities? (Only pony art, or anthro and/or people as well? Realistic or toony? Digital or traditional? Do you do animated GIFs or pixels? Anything else you can think of?)
Pretty much ponies only, and they tend to be more on the toony side. I do primarily digital art but can sort of do traditional art with pencils as well. I can do GIFs but am not great at pixel art.

Brief Character Description (Hasbro/OC):
Tangle is a grey earth pony with a bright green mane, styled in a mohawk, and tail. They have a green gradient on their legs, and their hooves are an ivory colour. Lots of feathering. They wear a vest, an silver ring ear piercing in their left ear, a spiked choker and a spiked tail band thing. Only the tail one is necessary to draw though, if you don't want to draw the rest. They have no symbol.


Character Reference Pic (a nice, clear reference, please! Links only - do not embed!):
Twisted Tangle! (https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/images/22811575_W5RGWnEDm2oUE60.png?1590815975)

List three to six possible themes for your avatar. These can be motifs, colours, expressions/emotions, hobbies, objects, etc... pretty much anything!

1. Halloween
2. Autumn
3. Night
4. Green
5. Dinosaurs

Anything you don't like?
Everything's alright with me

Any other info?
Apple!

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - partners assigned, working!
Post by: Griffin on August 20, 2020, 01:47:02 AM

Thanks for the sign-ups! I've PM'd everyone with their partner's info. Happy creating! :art:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Griffin on September 04, 2020, 08:46:20 AM

:bumping:

How's it going for everyone? :)

I'm still trying to catch up on all my responsibilities :yikes: Trying to get a sketch done this weekend, then polish in the course of next week.

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 04, 2020, 09:39:28 AM

School is kicking my butt, I'll find some time after today though. I hate writing intensive classes. :P
Back to my essay about Ikea.
:work:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: NanoRuby on September 04, 2020, 09:44:43 AM

I've got one version done already, but a couple days ago I had another idea that I think would be cool. Problem is, it's in a style I haven't used in years, so I'll experiment and see if I can still pull it off.

Quick question, would a CC0 texture blended into the background go against the "original art only" rule?

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Fizzy Scrumptious on September 04, 2020, 09:55:55 AM

I finished mine around the time I was assigned my partner because I knew if I waited, I would be bogged down with schoolwork and have a harder time finishing it lol. Though I'll revisit it before the due date to make sure I still like it :art:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Shaiyeh on September 05, 2020, 06:32:19 AM

I finished my sketch :) I'll be working on finishing the ava over the next couple of days. :frolic:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Griffin on September 05, 2020, 11:25:45 AM

Quote from: NanoRuby on September 04, 2020, 09:44:43 AM

Quick question, would a CC0 texture blended into the background go against the "original art only" rule?

Nope that would be absolutely fine!

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Shaiyeh on September 09, 2020, 04:25:39 AM

I finished mine ^_^ I'll wait a bit with posting though until other people start finishing theirs :)

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 11, 2020, 08:11:10 PM

Hot off the press!
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My partner was Fizzy Scrumptious! Because I went with a raster this time, I tried drawing in the actual file size, it was cool! I usually draw so much larger, it's interesting trying to fit everything in such few pixels. :0
I went with heart motifs! I hope you enjoy it!!

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: NanoRuby on September 11, 2020, 09:27:03 PM

Finished my avatar(s) for Griffin!

The large version of the main avatar: (https://sta.sh/0rwdnnkb5v0)

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And the small version: (https://sta.sh/02ddtorpdf63)

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And here are the large (https://sta.sh/0cap8didify) and small (https://sta.sh/0260nipsjmf8) versions of the test avatars in the style I mentioned wanting to try earlier:

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Sorry the stained glass one looks a bit rough. My power has been out for over four days now, so I had to use my phone to draw it instead of the tablet I'm used to using.

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Shaiyeh on September 12, 2020, 02:35:11 AM

Omg yours are great, NanoRuby and Tailrust! :lovey:  So cute, both of them!
(and the stained glass one is super cool o: )

Here's mine, for NanoRuby!
I went with a Halloween theme with a vampire costume :D I hope you like it ^^
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and the small version ^^
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Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: NanoRuby on September 12, 2020, 07:11:05 AM

Tailrust yours looks so cute! It's amazing how you were able to draw it within the size limits, it turned out great!

And thank you so much, Shaiyeh! They look so good! :happy: It's been a really rough week, and this brought a huge smile to my face, I really can't thank you enough :cry:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Fizzy Scrumptious on September 12, 2020, 08:54:54 AM

omg tailrustedtealeaf it looks so darn cute!! thank you so much!!! you did amazing drawing it to-scale like that! :heart:

everyone's look great :heart:

My partner was Shaiyeh!! I went for a couple of your themes, I wanted to add the magical girl aspect SO BAD but it only manifested itself in the color scheme in the end. I hope you like it!

Full size:
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Full size scaled down:
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Some crop options:

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Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Shaiyeh on September 12, 2020, 01:05:58 PM

NanoRuby - I'm so glad you like it! :hug: I'm sorry you've had a rough week. Hope it'll look up for you soon! :lovey:

Quote from: Fizzy Scrumptious on September 12, 2020, 08:54:54 AM

omg tailrustedtealeaf it looks so darn cute!! thank you so much!!! you did amazing drawing it to-scale like that! :heart:

everyone's look great :heart:

My partner was Shaiyeh!! I went for a couple of your themes, I wanted to add the magical girl aspect SO BAD but it only manifested itself in the color scheme in the end. I hope you like it!

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Full size:
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Full size scaled down:
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HOLY HEK omg I LOVE ITTT ;A;
thank you so so much, omg! it's so beautiful, I don't even have words ;A; thank you!! :heart:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - due date next week!
Post by: Griffin on September 12, 2020, 03:55:53 PM

Just in time ^^;

Tailrust - I'm terribly sorry if this seems like sloppy work. Apparently traditional was not the way to go here... I tried both scanning and photographing and neither looks good.  :yikes: And all the details are lost again in the scaled down version - I guess it would be better to work in a smaller size? It's a learning curve! I tried to make it look like a sticker, hence the funny edges.

I hope you're not unhappy with it. I need to get some sleep now but I can try to fix it tomorrow. 

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Post Merge: September 12, 2020, 03:59:34 PM

@NanoRuby
Thank you so much, Aithne looks adorable and the forest scene is perfect! :lovey: The stained glass experiment looks fabulous, too! :wow:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - Complete
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 12, 2020, 07:31:55 PM

I'm not unhappy at all! She's so sweet looking!! I love the sticker look, and the motifs are absolutely perfect!! Thank you so much!! :Lovey:

Title: Re: The Avatar Exchange 2020 - Round 3 - Complete
Post by: Griffin on September 13, 2020, 04:07:06 AM

I'm relieved to hear that :hug:


Thank you to all participants for another completed round! :grouphug: